On 11/2/2013 4:51 PM, David E. Ross wrote: > On 11/2/2013 3:27 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> I am new to Seamonkey and am working on a school project. Our tutorial has >> a text highlighter function, but my 2.22 version does not have the >> function to highlight text. How do I do this? >> >> > > Generally, you cannot manipulate the text on a Web page, including > highlightibng. I don't know of any browser that allows this. > > Note that a PDF file downloaded from a Web server is NOT a Web page even > when it is displayed in a browser. The ability to highlight text on a > PDF file is a function of Adobe Reader or whatever application you are > using to view the PDF file. If you are doing this in a browser, it is > actually being done by the plugin provided by Adobe Reader or other > application, not by the browser. Similarly with a Word file (e.g., > .doc, .docx) and some other non-HTML files. >
My comments above reflect my thought that the OP wanted to highlight text the way hard copy text can be highlighted with a felt-tip marker. Word and Adobe Reader have that capability for electronic text. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Where does your elected official stand? Which politicians refuse to tell us where they stand? See the non-partisan Project Vote Smart at <http://votesmart.org/>. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
